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Preparing to attend an outdoor festival is a lot like planning an outdoor wedding: You never know what you’re going to get, but you can bet on at least one person bursting into tears by day’s end. Most music festivals happen during the hottest months of the year to take advantage of all the students

Days after Passion Pit canceled its performances at the Firefly Music Festival, Yeasayer was announced as a replacement Wednesday night. The Brooklyn indie five-piece will slide into Passion Pit’s slot at 8 p.m. Saturday on the lawn stage. The lone official after-party, scheduled for 11:30 p.m. Saturday with Passion Pit, will go on without that

Organizers chose Dover to host the Firefly Music Festival in part because local officials and Dover Downs staff are well-versed in managing traffic for a major weekend event. But Firefly traffic is not NASCAR traffic. On race weekends, spectators know to be trackside by noon. They stay a few hours, and some start to leave

Two days after Passion Pit canceled its July tour dates, including this weekend’s Firefly Music Festival, Yeasayer was announced as a replacement Wednesday night. The Brooklyn indie five-piece will slide into Passion Pit’s old slot at 8 p.m. Saturday on the Lawn stage. (The band had already announced its tour would bring them to Union

As music fans from across the country prepare to descend on Dover this weekend for the much-hyped three-day Firefly Music Festival, business owners in close proximity to the event’s venue on the grounds of Dover International Speedway are busy making preparations of their own. It’s nearly impossible to find a vacant hotel room in Kent

With the unveiling of the much-anticipated Firefly Music Festival only three days away, it doesn’t seem like this gorgeous weekend forecast will be changing much. It looks like we’ll be spared: no 100+ degree days or terribly soggy nights. Still, keep an eye on Friday since there is now a 40% chance of some thunderstorms.

Indie pop/rock band Passion Pit — one of the top-tier Firefly Music Festival acts — abruptly canceled seven shows of its summer tour on Monday, including Saturday night’s festival performance in Dover due to the “mental health” of its leader. It’s a double blow for Firefly, which not only had a 75-minute Passion Pit set